Four years after the National Eucharistic Revival began, Bishop Thomas Paprocki says Catholics must unite belief in Christ’s ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in a letter published this week in the archdiocesan newspaper, urged Catholics to stand while receiving Holy Communion and not make gestures that ...

“What does it mean to receive Jesus in Holy Communion? It’s like Jesus is giving us a big hug, saying, ‘I love you so much. I want you to be close to me always,’” says Russell Pollitt, S.J., pastor of ...

Like nearly everybody else on the planet, I have been preoccupied with, concerned about and focused on the novel coronavirus pandemic over the last few weeks. It seems that every hour new information ...

The Eucharist, or Holy Communion, is at the very heart of Christianity. Believers have gathered over centuries to participate in bread and wine as a reminder of the Last Supper. Why other beverages ...

Have the “wafer wars” returned? The recent news that former Vice President (and current presidential candidate) Joseph R. Biden was denied Communion at a Catholic church in South Carolina suggests ...

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Minister of State and Fine Gael TD Colm Burke was refused Holy Communion by a priest at the funeral mass of a constituent in Co Cork because of his support of repealing the Eighth Amendment. Fr ...